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Africa NewsNovember 14, 2024 ITIDA and Flat6Labs Join Forces to Accelerate Egyptian Tech Innovation Egypt’s Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) and venture byFausat Abiola
Africa NewsOctober 28, 2024 Egyptian Mobility Startup Rabbit Mobility Raises $1.3M Egyptian micromobility startup Rabbit Mobility has successfully raised a US$1 byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsOctober 8, 2024 The Egypt’s Entrepreneur Awards has announced its 15 winners. Fifteen innovative startups have been recognized as winners in the fourth byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsSeptember 30, 2024 Settle, an Egyptian fintech company, secures $2 million in pre-seed funding. Egyptian fintech startup SETTLE has successfully secured $2 million in a byFausat Abiola
Africa NewsSeptember 24, 2024 Farid, an Egyptian ed-tech company, raises $250K. Egyptian ed-tech startup Farid has successfully secured $250,000 in pre-seed byFausat Abiola
Africa NewsSeptember 24, 2024 US-Based VC Firm Sultan Ventures Acquires Egyptian Angel Syndicate. Sultan Ventures, a US-based venture capital firm specializing in early-stage byBolu Babalola
Africa NewsSeptember 22, 2024 New education initiative in Egypt gets $41 million boost from investors. Egyptian ed-tech startup EYouth, alongside a coalition of prominent local byBolu Babalola
ExplainersSeptember 20, 2024 Best Cities in Africa for Digital Nomads to Visit (2024) A significant number of cities in Africa have become a major destination/hub for byNgozi Emekaroha
Africa News StartupSeptember 12, 2024 Egyptian Fintech Startup Paymob Raises $22M. Paymob has secured an additional $22 million in funding as an extension of its byBolu Babalola
Africa Consumer Tech NewsAugust 28, 2024 Wasoko and MaxAB Complete Historic Merger, Pioneering a New Era in African B2B E-Commerce. In a landmark event for Africa’s tech industry, Kenya’s Wasoko and Egypt’s MaxAB byFausat Abiola
